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Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by dmix »

downerending wrote: post #168
chx wrote: post #43

Right now the best thing you can do is to get a TOTO travel washlet. Despite the travel label it works just fine daily. Totally SFW video on how to use one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAY1GWjjaQ You can buy one at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005FDJ8SM/ref=dp_ol... I had a washlet installed in 2009 when I bought my home and I was on a several month client on site late 2011 when out of sheer despera…

It seems like this would be permanently contaminated. How do you store it, etc., in a sanitary fashion? And for that matter, filling it without contaminating the sink/whatever seems iffy.

How are bidets different in this regard? It'd probably be easier to clean this one than a stationary bidet? Note: I haven't owned either.

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Post by ummmm »

Has anyone with a hairy butt crack had success with bidets?

My limited experience with them in Japan involved an incident that went like this:

- Did a not-so-solid poop and had poo stuck in my ass hair

- Used warm bidet water jet on max pressure for a good minute or two to clean

- Wiped with toilet paper to dry my ass only to discover that it was still far from clean

- Toilet paper disintegrated while wiping so I now had a hairy, pooey and wet butt crack with bits of toilet paper tangled in the hair and shit all over my fingers

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by chx »

downerending wrote: post #168
chx wrote: post #43

Right now the best thing you can do is to get a TOTO travel washlet. Despite the travel label it works just fine daily. Totally SFW video on how to use one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBAY1GWjjaQ You can buy one at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005FDJ8SM/ref=dp_ol... I had a washlet installed in 2009 when I bought my home and I was on a several month client on site late 2011 when out of sheer despera…

It seems like this would be permanently contaminated. How do you store it, etc., in a sanitary fashion? And for that matter, filling it without contaminating the sink/whatever seems iffy.

Why would it be...? You do not shove the nozzle where it does not shine and you just rinse it the nozzle after using it the rest doesn't even get close to any unsanitary locations. Can't imagine why would it be ... contaminated?

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by scarejunba »

Jach wrote: post #140
ebg13 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what you're saying is that I need to shave my butthole, hit the gym, and lawyer up?

Don't shave your ass-hair: https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/35274458.html

This seems like the time for the classic Big Brother article with Nair http://i.imgur.com/KwhJc.jpg

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by 77ko »

pmoriarty wrote: post #9

My main concern regarding a bidet is that it'll leak. I've heard horror stories about bidets causing thousands of dollars worth of damages after the water hoses that supply them leak and spill hundreds of gallons of water on to the floor when their owners are away from home.

If you use a pressure reducer -> good quality bidet with metal pipe -> to a simple head which is openable and fixable, should last a long time, mine is approaching 10 yrs and should keep going. The flexible pipe will need changing in a few years probably and the bidet itself will need a new spring + washer if it starts leaking.

You could also go full hackernews and have a sensor connected to a wifi valve which shuts off the water supply when no one is in the loo.

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

mseidl wrote: post #116
tunesmith wrote: post #13

My wife made a joke about a bidet a few years ago, so also as a joke I bought us one for her birthday. The $60 attachment kind where you just plumb in a splitter from the source that fills the toilet tank. It was a hit, so we bought one for family friends for a birthday - high hilarity as we heard the reports from their kids - and then more for our extended family at Christmas. Shocked reactions around the Christmas…

I've been to Japan 3 times now and the toilets are amazing. You can have things like motorized up/down seat + cover. Water heater, seat heater, drying. And, something I never tried but there is also a music thing to cover up the sounds too.

Jacuzzi left the washlet market about a decade ago and I was able to get one of their closeout models. It was one of my best buys of my life. Sadly it died about five years ago and I've been living in rental houses since around that time and haven't bothered to ask any of the landlords if they'd be willing to install a power outlet behind the toilet.

Re: Has the bidet's time in North America finally arrived?

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Post by stronglikedan »

ebg13 wrote: post #154
pacetherace wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The feeling of wetness is something that you get used to once you realize that your butt clean. On the flip side, most people who use toilet paper think their butts will get completely clean. That is actually not the case. But either is not a big deal because the skin in that hind area is quite resilient. To the surprise of many people, the game-changer in bathroom hygiene is properly washing hands after using the to…

> The feeling of wetness is something that you get used to once you realize that your butt clean. I'm not talking about wetness. I'm talking about feces. As in sitting there getting blasted with a sprayer for well over a minute trying to hit all the angles and then seeing brown on the paper being used to dry up. Just spraying water does not work on its own. If you wipe normally first, then a bidet afterward will prob…

I'm with you. A bidet alone doesn't get peanut butter out of dog fur, if you know what I mean.

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Post by yeutterg »

remmargorp64 wrote: post #201
latchkey wrote: post #25

I've lived in Vietnam for the last 4 years and got used to the 'bum gun' as we call them. It is awesome. I came back to the US late January for a meeting in SF. I was staying at my friends house and lamenting the missing gun. My friends were refusing to install one because they were afraid that their two year old would use it to soak the entire bathroom. I started checking Amazon anyway... once everyone started stock…

Many of the toilet seat based bidets (such as the Brondell Swash) have sensors in the seat that won't allow the water sprayer or blow dryer to run unless contact is detected from someone actually sitting down. That's what relieved my concern about it. I have a toddler who likes to press buttons, too! He just presses them and nothing happens. You can also just turn it off and completely deactivate it by holding the st…

Can confirm that my Toto Washlet C200 does this as well. The water will stop about 2 seconds after you've gotten up if you did not manually stop it.

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Post by pauljurczak »

Jach wrote: post #140
ebg13 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what you're saying is that I need to shave my butthole, hit the gym, and lawyer up?

Don't shave your ass-hair: https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/35274458.html

Done that. Went hiking a tall mountain afterwards. Regretted it.

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Post by carterehsmith »

ebg13 wrote: post #155
carterehsmith wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bidet attachments usually have a self-cleaning mode, ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. I bought mine off Amazon for like $40 and it does that. BTW I do clean mine now and then, and there is like, almost nothing to clean. Compared to e.g. my humidifier, that needs almost-daily cleaning.

> ie you push a button and then it sprays water over the sprinkler. Does it spray bleach or soap or just plain water? You wouldn't wash your hands with just water.

Cheap bidet attachments only spray water, fancier models spray water and soap, and blow-dry your butt.

Though, I guess the issue here is comparing bidet to no-bidet.

The bidet is so much better than TP only, it is not even close. Instead of feeling gross, you feel glorious, is what it is.

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